girlfriend. yesterday, i ask the principal how the school can keep students focused on their futures. >> the most we can do at this point is continue to support our students and staff and one of the things we have here at suitland is a commission statement of being what we call four p strong, peaceful, positive, productive and purpose. we are holding onto maintaining that culture. >> reporter: prince george's county also releasing a statement saying they are just horrified and adding we cannot go another day without addressing these unspeakable agents of violence against our students. they are asking for the community's support to help students, teachers and employees cope with these incidents. you know, yesterday, principal newman was telling us this was a pretty rough day for students here at the suit lapped high school. some of the students who came to school were visibly upset trying to hold their emotions in. one can only emergency what a difficult day it will be again today. some students even saying that they are a little nervous about

coming to school today. >> i can imagine. melanie alnwick reporting live. thank you. the killings have prompted the prince george's county police department to set up a task force to examine what else can be done in the community. we'll talk about this with prince george's county executive rushern baker in our #:00 hour. former congressman jesse jackson and his wife are expected to plead guilty to federal corruption charges in d.c. the couple is accused spending more than $750,000 in campaign cash to pie personal luxury items. jackson, jr. is facing up to five years in prison. he resigned from the house of representatives last november. sandy jackson, who is a former chicago alderman, faced charges of filing false tax returns and could also see some jail time. newly pointed sex of state john kerry will make his first public address since joining the president's cabinet. at 11:00, kerry will speak at

the university of virginia about president obama's invests in foreign policy. after kerry addresses students and teachers in charlottesville, sits down with the president at the white house this afternoon. still ahead, lance armstrong back in the spotlight today. we are going to tell you why coming up. >> a huge gas explosion rocks an upscale kansas city shopping district. this morning, cadaver dogs are still on the scene. we'll have an update coming up next. >> but first, a check of the markets right now shows the nasdaq at a 12-year high and the dow topping the 14,000 mark. the dow picked up 54 tuesday. the nasdaq added more than 21 points. overseas today, japan's nikkei was up almost 100 points. talk of more corporate mergers is sending asian and european markets higher today. 

new this morning out of missouri, fire officials remain on the scene of a gas explosion that sparked a massive fire in a kansas city restaurant last night. ad candidate offer dogs spent hours searching through the rubble. no reported deaths but the blast did injure more than a dozen people. cause remains under investigation. a city official earlier said it was believed to have been caused accidentally by a utility contractor. the white house is

developing more aggressive responses to cyberthefts after a report accuses china of hacking american companies and government agencies. the obama administration is considering fines and other trade sanctions against any country found guilty of cyberspying. china denies involvement in any of those hacking attacks and claims it is the victim of hacking coming from the united states. the white house is releasing a report later on today on the steps to take in response to cyberattacks on u.s. targets. today is deadline for disgraced cyclist lance armstrong to decide whether he wants to cooperate with the u.s. antidoping agency. the organization banned him from racing for life following its own findings and armstrong's mission hay use performance enhancing drugs. meantime, the warm reports armstrong hired d.c. lobbying firm ben barns group to look into the agent heading a federal investigation into him. the report claims the firm was hired in july 2010 and investigated the fda agent for three months.

the group cut ties with armstrong after no significant evidence was found. the postal service is getting creative. what it is doing to make some extra money. >> and we head to break with a live look outside on this wednesday morning. we've got weather and traffic coming up next. ♪ i'd like to thank eating right, whole grain, multigrain cheerios! my bowl, my spoons! mom, are those my jeans? [ female announcer ] people who choose more whole grain tend to weigh less than those who don't.

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the cash strapped postal service has come up with a new way to stay afloat now. it is getting into the clothing business. this fall, it will launch a line of aperil and accessories called rain, heat and snow. the line will fee if you are clothe for all types of weather that uses technology to create smart apparel also nope as wearable electronics. >> huh? >> interesting. >> that is kind of cool. >> i'm curious as to what they'll look like. will you look like a postal worker. >> how does that work? >> i don't know but i'm going to get some. >> i want to see it. >> they know. they're out in it. they are out in the rain, the snow, all of that. they know. and speaking of weather, i think that is why before a quick note to pass along about a school here. garrett county public schools are on a two-hour delay today. what are they dealing with? >> i want to give a shout out to my mail carrier. he is like the nicest guy in the world.

>> i have a nice mail carrier too. >> always got a big smile on his face. >> mine is too. he is nice. i guess i don't see them all the time. >> i don't have a whole lot going on so i see mine a lot. >> what are you doing during the day? >> i'm home afternoons. >> i asked you about garrett county. >> yeah, it is cold and windy. they had some snow yesterday and i think they are probably dealing with icing issues out there because temperatures are below freezing out to the west. reagan national, 35. still hanging out at 35. 32 this morning in leonardtown. notice these temperatures are generally at or below freezing and we are in the 20s north and westen as you get out towards garrett county, temperatures are well into the 20s. and in fact, they were dealing with more snow yesterday than what we got around here. 32 in manassas. 31 this morning in fredericksburg. it is definitely on the brisk side. temperatures here in the low 30s and you mix in the wind out of the north and west and you have got wind chill valse in

the teens and 20s. yes, the map is back. 27 is what it fields like in washington. 18 in gaithersburg. 19 in winchester. winds have been blowing out of the west here overnight. it will be a very blustery day. we'll have winds with us all day long and these wind chill temperatures, i just don't think they will warm up a whole lot today. even with sunshine today and we are not expecting much in the way of cloudiness, it will be a cold day today with high temperatures only in the mid- to upper 30s. quiet looking forecast. got a few what we'll call streamers off to the north and west and a little bit of lake effect snow into southern pennsylvania and a little cloud cover around here. we should be partly to mostly sunny today and nice and quiet. tomorrow looks good and as we get into friday, this area of storminess into northeast texas will make its way toward the mid-atlantic and likely bring is a period of a wintry mick around here during the day on friday. perhaps transitioning to rain. still some question marks about that system. it may not be a very strong one so we have to keep an eye on it as we get into friday and

saturday. we're fine today, just cold out there. things look good tomorrow. there we are thursday night at 8:00. by early friday morning, that pink you see indicating that wintry mix starting to move in from the west. friday our next chance for a little winter mix around here. mostly sunny today. cold and windy. 38 your daytime high. winds out of the west gusting to about 30. 26 tonight, a few clouds. still breezy out there with overnight lows in the mid-20s. still a breeze that will be very, very chilly overnight. there is your accu-weather saved. probably transition to showers early saturday and then we're going to warm it up into the low 50s. party time being julie wright. by sunday and monday. get out banana boat, julie. let's do some traffic with julie. >> i don't no at 50 degrees we pull out the banana boat. but that is usually at least at 70, tucker. the accident continues to block a portion of 24 northbound at brentsville road. no one able to get past the scene at this time.

66, lanes are open, no issues to report. let's pop up. cameras. you will find the volume is increasing as you travel east of manassas but no accidents as you continue inbound towards 50 and 123-6789 the beltway is running with ease between annandale and merrifield and now northbound on i-95, traffic flowing freely leaving the prince william parkway headed across the okay onsouthbound along 270-6789 the volume increasing here as you continue south of hyattstown headed out towards the truck scales. the usual suspects have lined up along this stretch of southbound 270. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. e traffic. here is some news for you if you like beer. >> beer! >> you okay, julie? >> all right. soon you will be able to buy samuel adams beer in a can. >> really? >> tucker will drink it now? >> the company said it would never do it but founder jim cook spent two years and a million dhars inhaven'ting a

can that he claims eliminates the metallic taste found in most cans beers. >> after about two of those beers, do you really note i the metallic taste anyway? >> probably not. >> i've never had a samuel adams beer. >> i have. it's pretty good. >> i haven't drank beer since 1990. >> you really tear it up, don't you? >> peanut gallery in here. >> a pickle company finds itself in a pickle after a rhode island woman takes it on for its offensive name. >> she was shocked at the name kosher dill midgets. her 10-month-old daughter has dwarfism so she launched a blog protested in a youtube video and then contacted company. the company said it has decided to change the name of the pickles.

>> it was really educating. getting the word out about this and seeing a word that is so hurtful used in such a benign fashion, it is hard for a parent. >> she says the fight is not over as she is working to have the word minutette removed from all other products. -- the word midget removed from all other products. >> the wizards hit the court for the first time since the all-star break. dave ross is back with his serving of this morning's sports breakfast. >> always fun when dave is in the house. 

right now, sports breakfast with dave ross. >> i like the way the graphics fly in, fly out. >> make us look cooler than we are. >> you got to do what you got to do when you are sitting next to this guy. >> clearly, you're easily impressed. like a little kid, oh, bright lights. >> we are hoping the bright lights won't goat to maryland after beating duke on saturday. we thought maybe they are in the ncaa tournament. at least they were hot bubble. >> they're on the outside knocking to get in. >> they may be on the outside of bubble after what happened last night at boston college. it is not easy to win on the road in the acc. we all understand that. but coming on the heels of that duke win, you hate to call it validation but that is what i think they are trying to do up there in chestnut hill. they had beaten boston college

the first time they had gotten together. i'm hearing rumblings that alex lind is a top five guy as he comes out. >> i should burn turn pro this year if that is the case. >> maryland by seven at the half. the second half, down five. they come back. he hit the free throw. maryland up one on the road. final minutes to go. he is good but then inexplicably, bc goes on a 12-0 run. maryland falls at b. c., 69-58. they are now 18-8 overall. that is good. 6-7 in the acc, under 500. that is a problem. could tony bennett and uva be the first acc team to beat miami? tried to do it down there in miami. 17 seconds to go. we'll be tied up at three with

this three right there. it is the only one in the game. miami just figures out ways to win and reggie johnson going to knock it down. one more chance, virginia did, get a little sloppy, turn it over. that is your ball game. miami holds on and beats virginia 54-50. all-star game has come and gone. we saw the no defense, all that good stuff. you are back to regular play. wizards last night trying to look good at home against the raptors. got a little hardware before the game, w i want z. eastern conference player of the month. you like that? >> sure. >> not impressed. rookie of the month for the second time. old school on the scoreboard because we had clock medical functions there. beal with a game high 25. here is the bad. kyle lowry will come back the other way and kick it out to a guy i know you like. rudy gay. >> from baltimore. >> we talked about him off the

air. the guy the wizards could have gotten. 96-le 8 toronto wins. and gio gonzalez, haze name has been cleared. he was telling the truth the whole time. his word stood. good for him. >> yes, it is. >> thank you, dave. straight ahead at 6:00, some of the biggest company in the u.s. hacked. the latest one is apple. a closer look at why these company are being targeted. >> plus we are checking your morning commute and weather. fox 5 morning news will be right back. 

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